Writing prompt ideas- Unwritten rules of farming I witnessed on a farm... What made that- using just Ag equipment or tools Explain a photo (using farm photos) Compare 3 items- 3 Ag related items or 3 farming related areas (beef, pork, crops) Six things you should know about farming (or any other Ag related topic)
Common Core Resources
Reading Informational Text
ISBE Resource for Teaching and Instruction Resources
K-12 Teachers
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Questions Addressed from the Workshop Participants:==
Per Question for book selections matched up to CCSS-
Interactive Read a-louds that connect with the Common Core State Standardshttp://ayearofmanyfirsts.blogspot.com/2013/02/lets-cut-to-common-core.html
Common Core Appendix B- Book lists
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf
Read alouds (chapter books)
http://www.elementarymatters.com/2012/09/exemplar-read-aloud-texts-for-common.html
Grade level lists
http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/windingspringsES/Pages/CommonCoreSuggestedReadingList.aspx
Workshop Content:
Ag Literacy and Common Core State Standards-Making the Connection
Introduction Activity
Activity #1: Primary Sources and CCSS-Calendar Photos
Thinking Triangle Activity:
http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/04/connecting-common-core-primary-source-thinking-triangle-activity/
Questions:
http://primarysourcenexus.org/2011/09/engaging-learning-purposeful-questions-close-observation/
Library of Congress-Primary Sources at the Heart of CCSS
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/common_core/pdf/common_core.pdf
Primary Source lesson activities
http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/03/analyzing-primary-source-images-common-core-state-standards-alignment/
QAR
http://primarysourcenexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Image_Questions_Responses_Chart.pdf
Reading Anchor Standards-College & Career Readiness
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R
Activity #2: Model Close Reading- excerpt form The Beef Princess of Practical County
Primer on Close Reading
http://www.aspendrl.org/portal/browse/DocumentDetail?documentId=1396&download
Five Close Reading Strategies
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html
Close Reading Question Template
Activity #3: Looking at Reading Informational text K-12- comparing language
Writing
Writing resource: Writing Next- EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE WRITING OF ADOLESCENTS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS
http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf
Writing prompt ideas-
Unwritten rules of farming
I witnessed on a farm...
What made that- using just Ag equipment or tools
Explain a photo (using farm photos)
Compare 3 items- 3 Ag related items or 3 farming related areas (beef, pork, crops)
Six things you should know about farming (or any other Ag related topic)
Common Core Resources
Reading Informational Text
ISBE Resource for Teaching and Instruction Resources
http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pdf/ela-teach-strat-read-text-k-5.pdf
Nebraska- Student friendly language-ELA CCSS (I Can Statements)
http://www.education.ne.gov/read/StudentFriendlyStandards/
The Common Core and Close Reading- An Outcome Not a Reading Strategy
http://dconrad3.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/common-core-close-reading-an-outcome-not-a-reading-strategy/